Tony Ramos (wrestler)

Last updated

Tony Ramos
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Tony Ramos
Born (1991-02-12) February 12, 1991 (age 33)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle and Folkstyle
College team Iowa
ClubTar Heel Wrestling Club
Hawkeye Wrestling Club
TeamUSA
Coached by Coleman Scott
Tom Brands
Terry Brands
Medal record
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Men's freestyle wrestling
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Los Angeles Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Kermanshah Team
Canada Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Guelph57 kg
Grand Prix Paris
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Paris57 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Paris61 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Iowa Hawkeyes
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 Oklahoma City133 lb
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 Des Moines133 lb
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2012 St. Louis133 lb

Anthony Tony Ramos (born February 12, 1991) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler. He competed on the international circuit as a freestyle wrestler for the United States.

Contents

Early life and education

Of Mexican descent, Ramos was born February 12, 1991, in Chicago, Illinois, to Alfonzo and Debra Ramos. Ramos started wrestling when he was 3 years old [1] so he could wrestle on the same team as his brothers, Frankie and Vince, and they could all be on the same team for one year.

In 6th grade Ramos joined the Martinez Elite wrestling club which is where he met coach Izzy Martinez. Prior to 8th grade Ramos had been living in Johnsburg, IL but his family moved back to Carol Stream where he attended Glenbard North High School. [2] Ramos was a three-time Illinois state champion at Glenbard North, winning his titles at 112 and 125 pounds. Ramos set school records for most takedowns in a career and season, and best season record. He also placed 5th at Junior World Championships.

After completing his storied high school career, Ramos committed to attend the University of Iowa under head coach Tom Brands. While at Iowa Ramos competed at 133 pounds and was a three time All-American. [3]

On July 19, 2014, he married Megan (Eskew) Ramos, whom he met while at the University of Iowa. On April 25, 2015, the couple welcomed their son Anthony Joseph (AJ) Ramos Jr. into the world.

Ramos formerly trained as a member of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club in Iowa City. Ramos was also a member of the Titan Mercury Wrestling Club. In 2016, after defeating Coleman Scott at the US Olympic Team Trials, Ramos moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to train with Scott and Olympic Champion Kenny Monday as a member of the Tar Heel Wrestling Club. He started a website named "Team Ramos", where Ramos provides updates on his life and career.

College career

2010–2011

Ramos started his college career battling for the 133 spot in the Iowa lineup with senior Tyler Clark. Ramos went 6-0 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, placed 6th at the Midlands championships and eventually won the starting spot. In his first trip to the NCAA tournament Ramos finished one win shy of All-American honors. Ramos also finished 3rd at the Big Ten conference tournament. [4]

2011–2012

Coming back for his sophomore season Ramos saw much improvement as he finished 2nd at the Big Ten conference tournament, and earned his first All-American honors by placing 3rd at the NCAA championships. [5] Ramos led the team in dual wins (17), dual winning percentage (.944), Big Ten duals (7), Big Ten dual winning percentage (.875), and technical falls (7). Big Ten Wrestler of the Week December 6, 2011, and January 10, 2012. He also posted a 9–0 record at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

2012–2013

Ramos continued his upward trend as a junior again finishing 2nd at the Big Ten conference tournament and also 2nd the NCAA championships [6] losing to four time NCAA champion Logan Stieber of Ohio State in the finals. Ramos led the team with 23 dual wins and was 8-0 in Big Ten conference duals. Earned Big Ten Wrestler of the Week for the third time in his career on February 5, 2013. Ramos finished the year 9-0 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

2013–2014

Ramos finished his senior year on top by winning both the Big Ten conference title and NCAA title at 133. [7] He won both matches over Wisconsin's Tyler Graff. Ramos lost two matches on the year, the first to Joe Colon of the University of Northern Iowa at the Midlands championship finals, [8] and to AJ Schopp of Edinboro. 10-0 at home, raising his career record to 34-0 all-time at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the first wrestler to accomplish the feat since Brent Metcalf. [9] Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week on January 14, 2014. Ramos was also named University of Iowa male student-athlete of the year.

International career

2014

Ramos originally planned to take a year off between college and International wrestling, but at his wife's suggestion he entered the World Team Trials in Madison, Wisconsin. After winning the challenge tournament over Nico Megaludis of Penn State, Ramos then wrestled Sam Hazewinkel in the finals.

Ramos won a best of three tournament 4-0 and 5-1 to claim the 57 kg spot for Team USA at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [10]

Ramos won the Canada Cup on July 5, 2014. [11]

In his first match at the 2014 World Championships, Ramos lost to Bekhbayar Erdenebat (Mongolia), 4-7. [12]

In November Ramos picked up another win over Sam Hazewinkel in a match sponsored by the Global Wrestling Championship. [13]

Ramos also competed in Iran in late November in the World Club Cups where he went 4-1 for Titan Mercury Wrestling Club.

2015

In his first tournament of the year, Ramos went 0-2 at the prestigious Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015. Ramos lost to eventual silver medalist Ismail Musukaev (tech. fall) and in second match Tony lost to Viktor Rassadin of Russia (4-8). [14] The following weekend Ramos got back on track as he won gold in the 57 kg bracket at the Paris Grand Prix. [15] Ramos also debuted in the World rankings at #19.

On April 3, 2015, Tony Ramos took on former Olympic Gold medalist Henry Cejudo at the AGON event: Iowa Against The World in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. [16] There Ramos would rally from an 8-2 deficit to beat the former Olympic champion 12-8 [17] and he won his second Global Wrestling Championship belt. Later that month Ramos competed in his first World Cup where he went 2-2. His two losses were to Yowlys Bonne of Cuba and former World champion Hassan Rahimi of Iran. USA took silver at the event. Ramos went on to win his first USA national title in Las Vegas on May 9, 2015, when he defeated Andrew Hochstrasser 7-3. [18] The win earned him the right to automatically qualify for the 57 kg finals at the World Team Trials. Ramos had also moved to #13 in the World rankings. [19]

2016

In 2016 Ramos was attempting to make his third straight World Team at 57 kg, but was defeated by former teammate Daniel Dennis in two straight matches at the US Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City, Iowa. It was the first ever loss for Ramos in Carver Hawkeye-Arena. Following his loss in the Olympic Trials Ramos decided to leave the Hawkeye Wrestling Club and become an assistant coach [20] at the University of North Carolina and also became a member of the wrestling club affiliate, the Tar Heel Wrestling Club.

2017

After winning the U.S. Open at 57 kg in April Ramos earned a bye to the finals of the 2017 World Team Trials. It was there he met former Iowa teammate Thomas Gilman in the finals, where he lost in two straight matches.

He retired of the sport at the 2019 US World Team Trials Challenge tournament, after reaching the semifinals. [21]

Post-retirement

Ramos will make his grappling debut on October 2, 2020, in a superfight against the experienced Nicky Ryan. [22]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carver–Hawkeye Arena</span> University of Iowa sports arena

The Carver–Hawkeye Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Iowa City, Iowa. Opened in 1983, it is the home court for The University of Iowa Hawkeyes men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the university's wrestling, and gymnastics teams. It was named for the late industrialist Roy J. Carver of Muscatine, Iowa, a prominent statewide booster, who donated $9.2 million to The University of Iowa before his death in 1981. Prior to the arena's opening, Iowa's athletic teams played at the Iowa Field House.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iowa Hawkeyes</span> University of Iowa athletic teams

The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Iowa, located in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 20 sports, 7 for men and 13 for women; The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the Big Ten Conference. Currently, the school's athletic director is Beth Goetz.

Tom Brands is an American former Olympic wrestler and is currently the head coach of the University of Iowa men's wrestling team. He won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The University of Iowa men's wrestling program is one of the most successful NCAA Division I athletic programs. The Hawkeyes are 37 time Big Ten Conference champions and second in NCAA history with 24 National Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling</span> United States university wrestling team

The Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling team is the most successful NCAA Division I athletic program of all time in any sport. As of 2023-24, Oklahoma State wrestling has won 34 team national championships, 143 individual NCAA championships, and 488 All-American honors. The all-time dual record for the program is 1185-140-23.

The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team is part of the University of Iowa athletics department.

Matt McDonough is a two-time NCAA wrestling champion who attended the University of Iowa.

Mark Philip Schultz is a former American freestyle wrestler. Schultz was a 3-time NCAA champion, Olympic champion and 2-time World champion. In 1995, Schultz was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. He is also in the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame, the California Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the San Mateo Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame.

Brent Metcalf is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. Metcalf was a three-time member of the US World Team and two-time NCAA wrestling champion at the University of Iowa.

The Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represents the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team plays its regular season games at 15,400-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, along with men's basketball, wrestling, and volleyball teams.

The Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling program is an intercollegiate varsity sport at Pennsylvania State University. The wrestling team is a competing member of the Big Ten Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Nittany Lions compete at Rec Hall in State College, Pennsylvania, on the campus of Pennsylvania State University. The Nittany Lions have claimed 13 team National Championship titles and 55 individual NCAA National Championship titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daton Fix</span> American wrestler (born 1998)

Daton Duain Fix is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 61 kilograms. In freestyle, Fix is most notably a World Championship runner-up and U20 World champion, a Pan American Games gold medalist and a US National champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Gilman (wrestler)</span> American freestyle wrestler (born 1994)

Thomas Patrick Gilman is an American retired freestyle wrestler and folkstyle wrestler who competed at 57 kilograms. A Summer Olympic medalist and World champion in 2021, Gilman was most notably also a three-time World Championship medalist. Out of the University of Iowa, he was a three-time NCAA Division I All-American.

Kyven Ross Gadson is an American amateur wrestler. Currently a senior competitor in amateur freestyle wrestling, earlier Gadson, while wrestling for the Iowa State Cyclones, was a three-time All-American in NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling and won the 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in the 197-lb weight class by pinning future Olympic and World Championship gold medalist Kyle Snyder in his final collegiate match.

Spencer Richard Lee (born October 14, 1998) is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. In freestyle, he earned a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and is a two-time US National champion and three-time age-group world champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jaydin Eierman</span> American freestyle wrestler

Jaydin Selsor Eierman is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competed internationally at 65 kilograms and collegiately at 141 pounds. In freestyle, Eierman won the US Open Nationals in 2021, medaled at the 2019 Pan American Games, earned runner–up honors at the 2018 US Open Nationals and was the 2019 US U23 National Champion. In folkstyle, he was the 2021 NCAA DI National runner-up and won a Big Ten championship in 2021 for the University of Iowa. He was a three–time NCAA All-American and a three–time MAC champion for the Missouri Tigers, before transferring to Iowa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zain Retherford</span> American wrestler (born 1995)

Zain Allen Retherford is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 70 kilograms. In freestyle, he is a gold and silver medalist at the World Championships, as well as a Pan-American champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Zabriskie (wrestler)</span> American wrestler (born 1986)

David Zabriskie is a retired American amateur wrestler and current wrestling coach for Elevation Fight Team in Denver. Zabriskie wrestled for the Iowa State Cyclones and is a three-time Big 12 Conference champion, three-time All-American in NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling, and won the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in the 285lb weight class in 2010.

Isaiah Alexander Martinez is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 79 kilograms. In freestyle, Martinez is a two-time US Open National champion and was the 2017 US U23 World Team Member. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a two-time NCAA Division I National champion and a four-time Big Ten Conference champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Myles Martin</span> American freestyle wrestler (born 1996)

Myles Najee Martin is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms. In freestyle, he placed second at the '19 US National Championships and is a two-time US U23 National Champion. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was an NCAA Division I National champion, a four-time All-American and a Big Ten Conference champion out of the Ohio State University.

References

  1. ↑ "THE LIFE - ANTHONY RAMOS". www.teamramos.co. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tony Ramos". Team USA. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Tony Ramos Bio - Hawkeye Sports Official Athletic Site".
  4. ↑ "McDonough, Rasing Win Big Ten Titles".
  5. ↑ "3 Hawkeyes Finalize All-America Honors".
  6. ↑ "Title Belongs to St. John, Ramos Places 2nd".
  7. ↑ "Iowa's Ramos wins NCAA wrestling title at 133 pounds".
  8. ↑ "Iowa Crowns 3 on way to No. 23".
  9. ↑ "Senior Day: Reflections on Iowa Wrestling's Senior Class". Black Heart Gold Pants. February 7, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Tony Ramos is Going to Win a Gold Medal". June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Tony Ramos Still Undefeated". July 6, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Dlagnev to wrestle for bronze medal on first day of World Championships". Team USA. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dake, Ramos, Dlagnev Claim Global Wrestling Championship Belts". Associated Wrestling Press.
  14. ↑ "Metcalf receives draw, McDonough-Ramos fall at Yarygin". January 23, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Ramos wins Paris Grand Prix title". January 31, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Agon Wrestling: Iowa vs the World". March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Ramos Ignites Crowd at AGON V". April 4, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Ramos comes from behind to win first U.S. Open title". May 10, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Metcalf Moves to #5 in Lastest [sic] World Rankings". May 6, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Tony Ramos to join coaching staff at University of North Carolina". April 27, 2016.
  21. ↑ Goodwin, Cody. "Tony Ramos, former Iowa wrestler and NCAA champion, retires from competition". Hawk Central. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  22. ↑ Goodwin, Cody. "Tony Ramos, former Iowa wrestler and NCAA champion, retires from competition". Hawk Central. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.